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. L. CLAFF' BOX Filed July 24, 1954 czwfmsg, www@ tturnrgs.

Patented Apr. 16, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to boxes of that'type formed of .foldingbox-board.

Y It is the practice to combine with boxes of merchandise inventorycontrol tabs which heretofore have been held to the boxes in differentways more or less complicated and all ofv which have added 4to the costof producing the container. The present invention has for an object theprovision of novel means whereby an inventorsT control tab can be heldassembled with a box Without adding to the cost of production ormaterially changing the box construction.

With theforegoing and other objects in View which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details ofconstruction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully describedand pointed out in the claims, it being understood'that changes may bemade in the construction and arrangement of parts Without departing fromthe spirit of the invention as claimed. y

In the accompanying drawing the Vpreferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawing Figure l is an end elevation of a box constructed inaccordance with the present invention, the holder for the inventorycontrol tab being indicated by broken lines.

Figure 2 is a section on line 22, Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3 3, Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a plan View of the gummed side of the blank from which thetab holder is formed.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference I designates a boxformed of box-board material the bottom of which is provided with anupstanding end flap 2 While the sides 3 are provided with laterallyextended end flaps 4.

The end of the box is formed of a blank 5 adapted to be folded along atransverse line as indicated at 5 so as to straddle the flaps 2 and 4and be aflixed thereto. At the center of the fold in this end blank 5there is formed a slot l extending longitudinally of the fold. Thatportion 5 of the blank 5 adjacent to the slot is free from adhesive sothat a non-adhesive area 8 is thus provided. Obviously, therefore, whenblank 5 is folded along the line 6 and its opposed portions pressedtoward each other, said portions will 10 adhere not only to the naps 2and 4 but will also adhere to each other except where the area 8 islocated. At this point there will be provided a pocket 9 the opening toWhich is formed by the slot l.

By providing a pocket as described an inventory control tab can bereadily inserted thereinto, and as the Walls of the pocket are joined bythe adhering portions of the blank 5, the inserted tab will always beheld in position Where it can be 20 readily reached for removal.

What is claimed i-s:

1. A box including side and bottom portions having end flaps, a foldedend blank straddling the flaps, an adhesive for holding the end blank 25to the flaps and for joining opposed portions of the blank, there beingan unjoined area dened by and Within the end blank and an apertureopening into said area.

2. In a box Yan end wall comprising a folded 30 blank, an adhesive onone surface of the blank `for joining opposed portions of the blank whenfolded, there being an area on theblank free from adhesive thereby toprovide a pocket within the folded blank, said Wall having an apertureopening into the pocket.

CLARENCE LLOYD CLAFF.

